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Nano Sapiens, or Silence of Heavens

Nano
Sapiens, or Silence of Heavens

Greetings!

More and more people learn about the blessings which nanotechnologies
can bring to mankind.

However inevitable consequence of introduction of nanotechnologies will
be disappearance of the modern world, disappearance our civilization
because biological kind Homo Sapiens will disappear! And it will not be
result the technological accident, will not be result of someone's
malicious will or a tragical mistake.

Now I finish the book which will be devoted to this problem. In the
small essay written by me in the form of the review of the book, I would
like to acquaint you with some ideas of this monography. (Sorry for not
so good translation).

Vladimir M. Kishinets, Ph. D., Moscow, 2006.

kishinets@mail.ru

About the book "Nano Sapiens"

" …Use nanorobots in the medical purposes, predicted in 10-15 years,
becomes the beginning of transition of the man from evolutionary,
biological form Homo Sapiens in absolutely new, technologically
developing sentient being - Nano Sapiens. The reasonable life on the
Earth will promptly finish the evolutionary stage and will develop
further in nanoform, under laws of self-regulation ". It, certainly,
central and one of the most shocking conclusions made V.K. in his
philosophical and literary debut "Nano Sapiens, or Silence of Heavens".

The end of evolution

The author proves the surprising forecast that creation nanorobots will
inevitably lead to unprecedented intervention by the opportunities in a
human body in the medical purposes. (Hereinafter I, for the clear
reasons, avoid technical details). These technologies will allow to
eliminate lacks of a human body and considerably "to reorganize" a human
body.

To reorganize considerably - to replace blood with mass of nanorobots, a
bone tissue with metal, organically "to implant" in a brain
nanocomputers, nano TVs, etc., etc., and also many other things, that
while it is difficult to us to present itself. In other words each
person can do everything with the body, that is not forbidden by laws of
physics. Thus also there will be a transition from the man in form of a
being biological, evolutionary to a being technological, homing, to
carry of gift of thinking from a corporal shell of Homo Sapiens in
absolutely new form of existence of intelligence - in the form which the
author has named Nano Sapiens (NS).

From the moment of the beginning of transition any more environment
through mechanisms of a heredity will define development of the human
being, but own will of NS.

Nano Sapiens will be immeasurably more adapted for a life, but will not
be the improved copy of the man. It will be absolutely new beings, new
type of the organisms functioning, most likely on not biological
principles. They will be practically immortal, to not require clothes,
dwellings, organic food, water and oxygen and will constantly modernize
the bodies. They will not be, as the human, to create for a life an
artificial environment, and will adapt for habitat the organisms that is
more effective from the power point of view. They will not have male or
female sex, sexual procreation, instincts. To them will be not
necessary most of today's technical adaptations, the part from which
will be integrated into their organisms.

In their world there will be no wars, illnesses and sufferings. There
will be no aggression, criminality, aspiration to expansion. There will
be no states, the nations, armies, borders and police. Their bodies will
remind hardly human bodies. In general the number of "bodies" at one
person will not be limited to one. Incorporated by information networks
NS will possess all knowledge accessible to their community without
necessity of training. Variability of their bodies and the general
information base will allow to keep on a case of physical destruction
only concerning small volume of the "regenerative" information on
personal features of everyone NS. World NS will differ from the world of
the man more considerably than "organisms of times of origin of a life
on the Earth differs from the modern human beings. The general will be
only one - ability to think ".

However, in opinion of the author and NS it not final transformation. In
the certain prospect "mankind" consisting of individuals NS, more and
being more integrated at an information level, will merge in the single
whole personality - MegaSapiens. Certainly, concrete details here are
difficult for distinguishing in a smoke of the future.

For whom is it necessary? Objective processes

Arises, certainly, the question - and what will force people to go on
such sweeping changes?

The author considers, that it will occur without participation of our
will, on a chain of events in which each subsequent step is defined
previous.

So originally the person will use medical nanorobots of what to be
healthy and to live infinitely long. People thus will find individual
immortality. Individual immortality will result, in turn to that from
two processes providing constant existence of mankind – reproduction and
preservation of an individual life – reproduction becomes excessive
since existence of a life will be completely provided by more simple way
- personal immortality.

Reproduction becomes inexpedient and will be stopped. It in turn will
make unnecessary existence of two sex which, together with an instinct
of sexual reproduction also will be "abolished". (Do not forget, the
person can operate the body and a brain completely!). Actually since
this moment it will be any more the human being. The most various
transformations of bodies for their adaptation to an environment and
"equipment" by their various additional abilities will be spent also.

Objective needs

However except for this chain of the changes few depending on will of
the man, there are also the objective factors, allowing to consider
transition as possible alternative of a today's situation:

First, the person, in opinion of the author, in many respects is a
victim of a diarchy of the two operating centers - intelligence and
biological instincts.

Negative consequences of their struggle for "management" of acts of the
person are, as the author considers, an original cause of wars,
criminality, phobias, social cataclysms which are insuperable within the
limits of "project" Homo Sapiens. Today our individual and public
problems are not solved, and only constantly transformed and moving on
new levels. The decision of a problem in refusal of instincts that
provides transition to NS.

Secondly, the author considers, that transition is a unique way to raise
survival rate of a reasonable life on a planet which is now absolutely
defenceless before global natural cataclysms. On the Earth the huge
quantity of species has disappeared, many states and people have
disappeared without a trace. That Homo Sapiens till now there is this
only successful coincidence of circumstances. But the luck does not
happen infinite. New, really effective ways of physical protection of a
reasonable life are necessary. The transition is in such a way.

Thirdly. The mankind does not have historical prospect because of an
extensive way of development inherent in people. Resources of a planet
are final and cannot sustain infinite escalating of consumption. The
idea of expansion on other planets is represented not only doubtful in
ethical sense, but is absolutely utopian according to serious
scientists. Transition will allow to lower consumption of resources
considerably.

The author analyzes in the work and other arguments. It writes, for
example, that only transition will help to overcome paradox of creation
of an artificial intellect. To refuse attempts to make an artificial
brain more powerful, than at the man, unreasonably. Having created an
artificial brain which is more powerful human - means to appear more
silly the creation. NS will resolve this dilemma simply having connected
this brain to itself.

Thus, there are various preconditions for transition of a reasonable
life on the Earth from biological development to a technological stage.
Hundred thousand and millions years a life on a planet developed under
laws of biological evolution, irrespective of will of alive beings. And
here the moment when the rational life begins capable to change, the
body, the mentality and the intelligence in one thousand times comes
nearer, in opinion of the author, more quickly and more effectively,
than it was done with the nature. There comes a stage of technological,
strong-willed development of a rational life!

To the reader in this place of the book costs, a little to take breath.
And the author goes further and argues on universal laws of development
of a rational life in the Universe!

Universal laws?

V.K. writes: all rational creature in the Universe, appearing as a
result of processes similar terrestrial, develop under laws of evolution
from the lowest forms to higher. If development of their brain will not
stop (as it has occurred, for example, with dolphins) or they will not
be lost as a result of global accident, sooner or later they will invent
writing, the thermal machine, a nuclear bomb and a computer. It will
occur to that laws of the nature and logic are uniform for all world.
These events can occur more quickly or more slowly within the limits of
several millenia.

But if the rational life is kept on a planet the certain term close with
for existence of mankind (a universal time constant) this reasonable
life inevitably comes to a stage of nanotechnologies and to an
opportunity freely to operate the body!

From this all follows, that rational beings if they will manage "to
live" up to nanotechnologies level, pass by virtue of a generality of
physical and information laws, in stage NS, and then turn in MegaSapiens
(MS)! In other words, it is not dependent on where and as begins the
development a rational life, finally it always enters in nanostage, and
through it comes to the same kind (type) of a rational being - MS! It,
by the way, can serve as an explanation to a phenomenon of "the silent
Universe".

Rational beings and the adaptation

V.K. analyzes also other laws of development of a rational life. Here
that it writes about universality of stages of its interaction with an
environment.

The first stage - up to an intellectual phase. It is the period from
origin of a life to the first displays of reason in the form of
instruments, rock drawings or elements of clothes. It is a stage of the
evolutionary adaptation of organisms to an environment.

The following phase comes from the moment of the beginning of
constructive activity of reasonable beings. It is the period of
technological influence of rational beings on the physical world with
the purpose of the adaptation of an environment to needs of their
organisms. It is the period in which peak now there is a mankind when
rational beings everywhere surround themselves with the artificial
environment in the form of dwellings, clothes, automobiles, etc. the
Phase of the artificial environment proceeds before introduction
nanorobots in medicine. Since this moment there comes a stage of the
technological adaptation of Rational beings to an environment. Rational
beings, already in nanoform, start to adapt the start to adapt the body
for environment, raising the stability to climatic and physical factors
of environment. The spiral of development becomes closed, passing a
cycle "the adaptation of organisms - the adaptation of environment - the
adaptation of organisms ".

… And struggle against terrorism

The author especially emphasizes, that its book it not the forecast of
the long-term future. We move to Transition very quickly.

For the objective reasons, having begun, transition will be fast. Not
looking at an involvement of all people, it will not demand, because of
ability nanotechnology to duplicating, deployment of any special
capacities and will occur everywhere and simultaneously.

In the book a lot of attention gives that it is necessary to do already
today. It is necessary comprehension and acceptance of adjusting
measures at a level of the separate states and the world community for
maintenance of humanism, validity of transition, for maintenance during
this period of social stability, for counteraction for negative
occurrences.

Transition, not having begun yet, can serious affect in the image our
today's world, replace many accents and priorities. The so-called
concept of "nano-self-control", offered by the author, can to promote,
for example, to decrease in violence, criminality and, first of all, a
level of terrorism in the modern world.

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We have only concerned some basic themes of this book saturated by
reasonings, examples, ideas. I hope, that this article will help...